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Food waste is a global problem, but the U.S. is a major offender, wasting up to 40% of its food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Gedakina is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that works with Native American communities on a range of causes, from promoting literacy to restoring ancestral food systems, including the wild rice harvest.

...the cranberry industry is saying that it is unfair for them to have to correctly label their added sugars, because a product, like raisins naturally have a high sugar content, and thus (correctly) do not need to use the “added sugar” phrasing.

When a healthful eating pattern goes too far, it may turn into an eating disorder that scientists are just beginning to study.

Food festivals are more popular and more elaborate than ever, but what’s not apparent to ticket buyers is that their growth has often been at the expense of the restaurants and chefs they’re supposed to promote.

Halloween has a centuries’-long tradition of costumes and scary stuff, but the door-to-door visitations for collecting candy started after the end of WWII sugar rationing, in the late 1940s.

The average household is an important contributor to food waste; these tips show how we can all do our part.

In many countries in Asia and Latin America, an organization funded by food and beverage companies quietly fights restrictions on sugary or processed foods.

This fall, the food film festival circuit features many aspects of the food system and the people behind the scenes.

Celebrity chef José Andrés and his nonprofit humanitarian relief organization, World Central Kitchen, have served more than 200,000 free meals in the Bahamas and distributed food in the Carolinas and Florida since Dorian hit.